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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No I don't.  I had my dog before I met my now DH and if they hadn't gotten along at the beginning of the relationship, it would have been a deal breaker.  However, I love my husband and I care about him more than I do our dogs.  [/quote]

How strange.

Your husband had to live up to not only your standards, but your dog's, in order to be privileged to date you.

Lucky him.[/quote]

My dog is a well behaved and affectionate dog.  The only people who don't get along with him are people that actively dislike dogs in general.  Which is fine but they are not the kind of people I would want to live with as they are not the kind of people that are ok with having dogs in their living space.  I have always had dogs, have been active in dog rescue organizations and dog fostering, and will likely always have dogs.  I don't think it's unreasonable to want a partner that is ok with dogs when I have always loved having dogs and want to continue having dogs.  [/quote]

I think dogs are OK and have nothing against them.  However--they're very dirty and messy at best.  They chew things up, get hair everywhere, crap everywhere, and are generally a source of chaos.  Multiple dogs is even worse.  I have no problem with dogs per se but do I necessarily want your dog hopping in the bed with me at night?  No but that doesn't make me a bad person.  Anyone who would put dogs above people has a screw loose.  Sorry PP but that's you.[/quote]

So, in your mind, a single person that has a dog should be willing to give that dog up if a person they've just started casually dating doesn't like their dog because the person they are casually dating is a person and the dog is just a dog?  Even though they have no attachment to the person but they have a bond with and an obligation to the dog?[/quote]

No they don't have to do anything they don't want to do.

Life is about choices.   If some people think their relationship with a dog is more important than with a human, that simply means they don't regard the other person very highly.   But it's kind of ridiculous to rule out a possible soulmate/life partner (human) simply because he and your dog might not happen to get along.  In fact it's downright crazy.

Let me try to put it to you in other terms--let's say you meet a great guy, no problem, he even likes your dog, you get serious, set a marriage date.  All of a sudden a previously unknown dog allergy crops up and he simply can't be anywhere around the dog and he can't live in a house where the dog lives because of the hair etc. causing his allergy to flare up.

It actually sounds like you are saying you would give up the human in favor of the dog.  If so different strokes but it might explain why a lot of these ladies are stuck loving dogs rather than people in the first place.

Another example, you have this dog you really love, your husband loves it, you have a baby, for whatever reason it bites the baby.  Do you get rid of the dog (maybe give it a way, not necessarily put it down) or the baby?

Anyone who is remotely sane has no difficulty at all making the right choice but I can tell you are thinking to yourself:  "Baby...or dog?  Baby...or dog?"  It really shouldn't be such a tough choice for you.[/quote]

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